Watch this epic Harry Potter battle in China

These Chinese Harry Potter fans aren’t messing around. Either they take the books way too seriously, or they don’t take fireworks seriously enough.

Anyone who’s been in China during Lunar New Year can tell you: the amount of fireworks going off at all hours of the day is absolutely insane. There’s really nothing like it. And every year, some video surfaces of people doing ill-advised things with fireworks.

This year’s winners: these two guys who decided to have a street battle in which they shot fireworks at each other, in an apparent homage to the wand duels from Harry Potter.

This looks really fun, honestly. But couldn’t these guys at least wear goggles? A pair of gloves might also be a good idea, as anyone who has played with roman candles will know that they often backfire.

In any case, it looks like these guys got away without injury. And they managed to generate a national news story in China.

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